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The Road From Tijuana: Baja's Transpeninsular Highway Drives Cultural Change |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Jacqueline Koch |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 3/1/1994 |
| Size: 1,452 Words, 8,991 Characters |
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Sopriano sits on the porch next to a battery-operated boom box blaring the news. His "Champion Girl Watcher" baseball cap keeps the sun from flooding his blue eyes. Cataracts and severely weathered cheeks attest to the twenty-eight years he spent fishing the waters beyond the Bahía de los Puercos in San Sebastián, Baja California. A decade ago, he was the only inhabitant. Now, at age seventy-eight, he shares the beaches of the tiny bay with a handful of fishermen and half a dozen recreational vehicles (RVs) belonging to seasonal visitors.
Sopriano's is the only genuine house in San Sebastián; the seasoned wood structure stands five hundred yards from shore. But it is not just a house: It is a monument to life in Baja before the Transpeninsular Highway, which has opened the door to San Sebastián and other settlements like it throughout Baja. Whenever a vehicle arrives, be it a refr...
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...s a buzz of activity, usually centered around a few tables dominated by card games, the most popular pastime when the day's fishing is done. By comparison, the permanently parked RV trailers have patios and festive shell gardens and are safely enclosed in little fences. For eleven months out of the year, they sit empty. The shine on their chrome dulls as they wait for their owners to return.
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